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Historical Event on 11/16/1915
Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1998 | Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta. |
| 3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 10/2/1975 | Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras. |
| 8/14/1954 | 'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai. |
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